Double-acting water faucet



Mud; E1925.

L. R. NEUSOME DOUBLE AC'I ING WATER FAUCET Filed June 7, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l Maren" 10, 1925.

Filed June '7, 1923 L. R. NEUSOME DOUBLE ACTING WATER rkiicifi" 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES LEROY R.'1\TEUSOME, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DOUBLE-ACTING WATER, Flavoring.

Application filed June 7, 1923. Serial No. 644,023.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LEROY R. NEUSOME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Double-Acting I'Vater Faucets, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to a device combinlng two faucets in one, and the object of the .invention is to furnish a faucet for supplying cold water alone or hot water alone, or tepid water, that is a mixture of hot and cold water from the samefaucet.

The advantage of using such a faucet is that it saves material and accordingly makes plumbing fixtures cheaper, so that, for instance, in basins and bath tubs, the one faucet serves instead of the two generally provided.

Another object of the invention is to furnish the faucet with one handle only for supplying either hot or cold water. WVith the handle pointing in one direction, the water supply is cut off, with the handle in another position, warm water only will flow through the spout, with the handle in another position only cold water will flow, and with the handle in still another position, mixed hot and cold water will flow through the spout.

In the accompanying drawings, one embodiment of the invention is illustrated; and- Figure 1 shows the faucet in vertical section taken along line 11 of Figure 5;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the valve;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section along'line 3-3 of Figure 1, showing the valve closed;

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 showing the valve open for cold water supply; and

Figure 5 is a similar View to Figure 3 showing the valve open for ,hot water supply.

In the drawings reference numeral 10 represents the casing of the faucet, which is preferably tapered in downward direction and closed by the bottom plate 11. The casing is provided with a valve chamber 12 open at the top where the neck of the casing is provided with external threads 13. At one side of the casing, a spout 14 communicates with the chamber 12 and at the other side the twin tubes 15 and 16 connect therewith through ports 17 and 18 respectively and the shanks of these tubes are provided with internal threads 19 for receiving hot and cold water pipes. These shanks generally point in opposite directions, but do not need'to be in axial alinement but may run at any suitable angle out from'the ports 17 and '18.

The valve 20 fits tightly in the chamber 12 and has an upwardly extending spindle 21 adapted to receive a handle 22 which is secured thereon by means of a nut 23 engaging the threaded end .24: of the spindle.

A bonnet 25 is adapted to engage with the threads 13 at the upper end of thecass ing 10 and has a neck 26 surrounding the spindle 21 and arranged with a packing box with .a gland 27 and packing 28 fitting tightly around the spindle. A gland cap 29 is threaded on the neck 26 so as to tighten the packing in the packing box,as best seen in Figure 1. A leather or rubber gasket 37 is inserted between the bonnet 25 and the top of the valve casing 10 to prevent leakage through the threads 13. Between the partition 30 at the lower end of the packing box and a transverse wall 31 in the valve 20 is inserted a compression spring 32 acting between the bonnet 25 and said wall 31 to keep the valve tightly in the chamber 12. p p

The valve 20 is constructed in the shape of a thin shell which is connected by the upper transverse wall 31 and the lower transverse wall 33, so that a central'compartment 34 is formed in the valve- From this compartment two ports 35 and 36 run through the shell walls of the valve, and these ports are adapted'to register respectively with the ports 17 and '18 and the spout 14. As seen in Figure 3, these two ports 35 and 36 do not run diametricallyacross the valve but are placed to one side of its center and inaxial alinement with each other. When the ports aredirected as in Figure 3, at right angles to the axis of the spout 14, the water supply is entirely out ofl, as the ports 17 and 18 are closed. In this position of the valve, the handle 22 is preferably made to point in the same direction as the spout.

Supposing, now, that the port 17 of the faucet connects with a cold water pipe, if the handle 22 is turned as indicated in Figure 4, cold water will be delivered through the spout 1 1 when the port 36 in the valve registers with port 17, while at the same tie-registers withbothi of the inletports 17 and 18, when the'port 36 will still bepartly open; to the spout and tepid water will run out through the'lattcr. As, however, the valve ports have approximately the same diameter as the spout opening and each one of theinlet ports 17 "and 18, less water will bedelivered through the spout.

It willv be evident that a faucet of this character can be built almost as cheaply as a: single faucet of the usualkind, as very little more material will be needed for the sameyand accordingly the'cost of onefaucet ispractically saved by, installing, this double acting faucet instead of the two others for delivering hot and cold water.

The faucet may be built in different sizes to suit different requirements in asimilar manner as other faucctscanbe bought on the market; f

These faucets maybe made of any suitable material such as brass, iron, or other metals and can have-their pipe connections set at any suitable angle. v

The valve does not easily get out of order as it is very] substantially, made and not likely to leak as the valve isself grinding and the packing when gonexcan' easily be replaced or thegland' ciap drawn down to tighten the same.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed asnew is: v I

1. A faucet comprising a casing'having a pair of inlet ports and an outlet" spout, a

valverevolubly mounted in the casing, said valveyhaving a thin annular wall, and spaced partltlons running-transversely to the valve 3X18; and forming a chamber between them and the Wall, two; apertures being provided;

in the wall on opposite sidesof thevalve,

said apertures being coaxialand their common axis directed eccentrically throughlt'he valve, the apertures being substantially of the same cross sectional area as each of the ports and the spout and adapted to selectively connect one of the' ports with the spout, thereby conducting the fluid along a direct course through the valve chamber.

2. A faucet comprising a casing having a pair of inlet ports and an outlet spout, a valve revolubly mounted in the casing, said valve having a thin annular Wall, and spaced partitions running transversely to the valve axis and forming a chamber between them and the wall, two apertures beingprovided in the wall on opposite sides of the valve, said apertures being coaxial andtheir common axis directed eccentrioally, through the valve, the apertures being substantially of the same cross sectional'area as each of the ports and the spout and adapted to partially open both of the ports into, the chamber and to make connection simultaneously be tween the chamber and the spout, thereby causing the fluid from both ports to become thoroughly mixed in the'chamber before en- V tering the spout.

3. A faucet comprising, a casinghaving a pair of inlet ports and a common outlet spout, a valve revolubly: mounted in the casing, said valve having a thin annular wall, I

spaced partitions running transversely to the valve axis and forming, a chamber between them'and the wall, a pair of apertures. being provided in the wall on oppositejsides of the valve, the aperturesbeing coaxial and their common axis directed eccentrically through the valve, each of the apertures being substantially of the samecross sectional area as each of the po-rtsandthespout and adapted selectively to connect one of the a.

LEROY R. NEUSOME. ['L s.] 

